(Minus the newest expansion team, Vegas Golden Knights) 
18 December 2017
The Wonderful World of the NHL
What's So Special?
Every team has their own specific hashtag! When you use the hashtag, their logo appears alongside. This encourages more people to use the hashtag, and interact with the team and fellow fans.
But What Does That Mean?
- We can look at Tweets separated by the hashtag they use in order to get more information about attitudes regarding the team
- We can see if interactions on Twitter, use of hashtags, sentiment analysis of Tweets etc. is indicative of team performance
- Hockey fans are fun; they normally have something amusing to say, so reading the Tweets is cool
Word Clouds for Sentiment Analysis: "Good Teams"
Word Frequency for Good Teams
Distribution of Sentiment Scores: "Good Teams"
Comparison Cloud of Sentiment Scores for Good Teams
Word Clouds for Sentiment Analysis: "Bad Teams"
Word Frequency for Bad Teams
Distribution of Sentiment Scores: Bad Teams
Comparison Cloud of Sentiment Scores for Bad Teams
Average Sentiment Per Team
Comparison of Average Sentiment Scores by Team
Correlation of Sentiment & Points
Correlation = 0.025
Scatterplot of correlation between average sentiment score and current number of points
Map of All Negative Sentiment Use
Frequency of negative sentiments used for all teams
Negative Sentiment Use in New York
Frequency of negative sentiments used for all teams: zoom on tri-city area
Negative Sentiment Use in S. California
Frequency of negative sentiments used for all teams: zoom on Southern California
Map of All Positive Sentiment Use
Frequency of positive sentiments used for all teams
Positive Sentiment Use in New York
Frequency of positive sentiments used for all teams: zoom on tri-city area
Positive Sentiment Use in S. California
Frequency of positive sentiments used for all teams: zoom on Southern California
Residual Analysis of Designed Model
Following creation of an OLS model using the variables avgSentimentScore * totalSentimentScore, log(FollowersPerTweet), LengthofTweets, and Division, the following residual analysis showed somewhat random residuals, but not the best predictive fit.
